Saturday, January 28, 2006

Don't Feed These to Your Dogs!

I got this email from a friend recently about his poor dog, who had ingested something that made her sick. I decided to post it so that you would not make the same mistakes:

"I went to a web site about things NOT to feed to dogs. What I read amazed me. I already knew about chocolate being bad but not the other things listed. I want to share them with you and if you feel it is appropriate share them with the readers of your blog.

1. Chocolate of any kind--deadly!2. Avacodoes3. Tomatoes4. Grapes and raisins--very deadly!5. Any vitamin preparation or food heavy with iron--Geritol and molasses.6. Salmon7. Raw eggs8. Macadamia nuts9. Any fruit with tiny seeds like strawberries10. Potatoes or any potato product11. Many soy based foods12. Onions--very deadly!13. Garlic can be bad for small breeds14. Any product with caffeine15. Tylenol--deadly!16. Non-buffered aspirin

In other words, be careful what you give your dog. What may seem fine forhumans can be fatal or harmful to dogs. "

I hope you find this list useful. I know many people who give their dogs table scraps and who do not know that some things are harmful for their animals. Ignorance is no excuse.

thanks for the very useful information! ainsley only gets carrots and the odd veggie, but like marisa's duke, she's swiped the occaisional grape tomato. I'll be more diligent that it doesn't happen again! i'm also passing this along to all my dog parent friends out there!here via michele's

This is really helpful Judy...I don't have a dog, but, if I did, I would deeply appreciate knowing about these VERY VERY BAD foods!

I'm here from Michele tonight and my Lordy the traffic is heavy! Between the time I wrote where I was going and it got posted..about four people posted in between..Oh Well...what can you do? Glad I got to come visit you tonight, my dear...

The list of "no's" may look daunting, but the list of "do's" is even longer. Your dog will be better off if you do feed it human grade food. The crap they put in commercial dog food is responsible for much of the ill health in dogs today, including the poster's probelm with skin allergies.

I have a book coming out Oct 2006, Gotham/Penguin called "The Dog Ate It, Cooking for Yourself and your four legged friends." Wait! It will help you feed your dog a healthier diet and even be healthy yourself.Linda West Eckhardt, cookbook author

Thank you for the info on tomatoes. My little Boston Terrior loves Apples!! When I got her she had the mange, the vet told me to get well balanced food for her. I found just that at www.healthfood4mypet.com. She is thriving her coat is georgious. they have a video that explains everything about dog food. check it out. www.healthfood4mypet.com

Has anyone heard whether or not a dog can eat apples with the peal? My dog is sick and I was wondering if she is having a hard time digesting the peal. Also, she ate some deviled eggs a few days later. I see that they can't eat raw eggs, but do boiled eggs have a bad effect, too? Curious in Idaho